Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-06
RELIGIOUS eLEANINes.

There are 16o, 1000 colored Baptist church members in tho southern states Dr. Richard S. Storrs, of Brooklyn. has accepted the presidency of the American missionary board.
 A vixitor at church in big northern city, whose members are almost all rich and aged, and therefore conservative, described 1t as tho Church of Retired Christians" Tho ten cent fund for the Memorial church. collected by Dr. Edward Judson in memory of his father, Adoniram Judson, the pioneer missionary in India, now amounts to nearly t25, 900.
 Tho Presbyterian synods of New York and Pennsylvania agreed last May to take charge of the weak churches within their bounds, and relieve the Board of Home Missions of their support. Therc is deficiency now in both synods in the funds collected for this purpose.
 Nearly 100 missionaries are leaving Eng land during the ncxt two months in connec- tion with the Church Missionary society, the Church of England Zenana mission, and kindred evangelical organizations. Of these just fifty go from the Church Missionary society alone, either as clerical or lay mission aries, missioners, missionaries, wives or Zenana workers.
 Their Luck.
 A maid went out one summer morn,
 She searched the fields all over; When to her home she did return,
 She brought a four-leaf clover.
 Her sister who remained at home,
 To bake conceived notion,
 And made some biscuits light as foam
 That floats upon the ocean.
 She's welded been who made the bread
 For half a year and over,
 But not sutor has the maid
 Who found the four-leaf clover.
 Boston Courier.
 An Ultimatum.. Father ttrying to read the paper)-y: hat was that awful racket in the hall just now? Mother-One of the children fell down the stairs
 Father Grascibly)-Well, you tell those children that if they cannot fall down stairs quietly they won't be allowed to fall down them at all.-New York Sun.
 Only a Little Word.
 It was only word That the silence stirred, But an import sad had It. A knell of despair To a loving pair Twas her fathers one word, "Git!'
 Boston Budget
 Angels Without Wings Preferred. They were doing a little love making be- tween acts.
 Just as the curtain went up he called her his angel.
 ..say,n said man in the next seat back, "couldn't you get your angel to wear her wings somewhere besides on her hat!"-Chi- cago Times. Mustn't Fool with Dynamite. 1 Some dynamite lay In a keg one day, Which 0 man kicked accidentally; 1 Now he whangs the Tyre | Of Q celestial choir In the realms of the sweet subsequently,. | .. -Ogdensburg Earth. 1 Untrue Because Unnecessary. The force of habit is always strong. A Baltimore young man who was calling on a street car conduotor's daughter says that the father wandered in at rather late hour and opening the parlor door, mechanically ex- claimed, "Sit close, please!" Baltimore American. l The News Editor. | Producing many 0 brilliant gem, l A credit to his taste, 1 ~Tis hard to think of each of them, The settings only paste.
 Chicago Tribune. Adding Insult to Injury. Mir. Oldboy (a bachelor)-It's all over, Gussy, my boy. Miss Smith has refused me. Gussy-I suppose she let you down easy by promising to be 0 sister to you?